veneroust (venerus)

[ ous. Consum'd with loathed lust, Which thy venerous mind hath basely nurs'd! Lust's Dominion , v. 3. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 563. Venerupis (ven-e-röʻpis), n. [NL. (Lamarck, 1818), later Venerupes (Swains on, 1840), Venus (Vener-), 5, + L. rupes , A remedy for venerous pa ions. a rock.] 1. A genus of boring bivalve mollusks of the family Veneridæ, as V. perforans or V. irus and V. exotica.-2. [l. c.; pl. venerupes (-pēz).] A member of this genus; a Venus of the rock. venerupite (ven-e-rö'pīt), n. [ Venerupis exotica.